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Basil: What makes you think it’s OK for you to force your morality on everyone else?

Nigel: I haven’t said anything about forcing my morality on anybody. All I did was give my opinion about a certain moral issue. I didn’t use any force or even the threat of force to coerce others to agree with me.

Basil: But you are saying that you don’t think gay people should have the same rights as straight people, right?

Nigel: No. I think all people in a democratic society should have the same rights. That means that people should have the right to pursue lifestyles that others think are immoral. I haven’t said anything about depriving people of their rights or inflicting violence upon them. I’m only giving my opinion about the morality of their behavior.

Bebee (2003) ``Good and Bad Arguments.’’

Feelings: morally wrong. a person argues for a position by indicating that they feel a certain way.

Feelings

Problem: No one cares how you feel.

More important problem: There is no warrant the think that your feelings about something are correlated to the truth or falsity of a proposition.